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. 2004 Feb 17;90(4):810–814. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601618

Table 2. Grade 3+4 toxicity (number and % of patients and courses with toxicity).

  Carboplatin
Paclitaxel
Topotecan
  Total patients, N=43 % Total courses, N=85 % Total patients, N=41 % Total courses, N=80 % Total patients, N=38 % Total courses, N=145 %
Nonhaematological
 Nausea/vomiting 3 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1
 Mucositis 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
 Diarrhoea 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 1
 Alopecia 0 0 0 0 15 37 22 28 18 47 72 50
 Thromboembolic event 2 5 2 2 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0
                         
Haematological
 Anaemia 1 2 1 1 2 5 2 3 6 16 6 4
 Neutropenia 2 5 0 0 2 5 3 4 31 82 88 61
 Neutropenic sepsis 2 5 2 2 2 5 2 3 5 13 8 6
 Thrombocytopenia 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 11 5 3